Escaping from a 6 month imprisonment as a sex slave to a demon, the hero starts to build her life back. She teams up with a mysterious man who turns out to be a rogue mech and is wanted by the law. The hero is extremely self conscious about his body with the metal all over and wants nothing more than to get rid of it. It breaks your heart how passionate and sad he is when he keeps insisting that he's not a machine, that he's human. The heroine is in denial about what she's turning into and when it finally hits her she breaks down and sobs. The hero, a gentle soul who cares a great deal for the woman is there to pull her up by her boot strings. That's what their relationship is like. When one falls or stumbles the other is there to help them. They can't trust anyone but each other and it's sweet how they interact. It's more than a romance, it's a friendship. ( )

One of the better books in the Crimson City series. This one takes us back to Cyd from book one, who has just returned from the demon underworld and gets involved with a mec. ( )